Gai Waterhouse arrives at NSW racing HQ to find out what penalty she will suffer as a result of the More Joyous saga.Picture: Ross Schultz Source: The Daily Telegraph

Gai Waterhouse arrives at NSW racing HQ to find out what penalty she will suffer as a result of the More Joyous saga.Picture: Ross Schultz Source: The Daily Telegraph

RACING NSW stewards have issued Hall of Fame trainer Gai Waterhouse with a $5500 fine after being found guilty on two charges relating to the More Joyous saga.

Stewards have found Waterhouse guilty of both charges - failing to report More Joyous's condition and failing to keep proper records of the treatment given to the champion mare - prior to the Group 1 All Aged Stakes at Royal Randwick last month.

She was fined $5000 for the first charge and $500 for the second.

Waterhouse has not yet decided whether she will appeal the ruling.

During the hearing, Waterhouse used the inquiry to launch a fresh attack on John Singleton, labelling him a ''crazed, crazy man''.

And she said the drawn-out inquiry had even the Queen of England wanting to know what was going on.

Giving evidence about More Joyous without Singleton - who was fined $15,000 a fortnight ago over his race-day outburst - in the room, Waterhouse said she couldn't think straight after the All Aged Stakes because of the verbal stoush with More Joyous's owner.

Waterhouse submitted a written statement today, which chief steward Ray Murrihy said provided a lot of new material.

For starters, Waterhouse claimed More Joyous was lame on the Tuesday prior to her fifth in the Queen Of The Turf Stakes.

There were other horses in her stable, including Queenstown, that hadn't been right in the lead-up to a race yet still won.

Waterhouse said the hard Randwick track and ''most disgraceful riding instructions'' from Singleton to jockey Nash Rawiller were two things against More Joyous. But she failed to relay that to stewards on the day because she was rattled.

Waterhouse then said: ''Every TV station, every newspaper in the whole world, even the Queen said to her racing manager, 'what's going on with Gai Waterhouse in Australia?', because things haven't been made clear,'' Waterhouse said.

''These (issues) haven't been touched upon until now. Its grossly unfair to try me before today.''

Waterhouse went on to say she'd been treated like a ''third grader'' and her family name ''dragged through the mud".

Racing NSW stewards charged the trainer over failing to report More Joyous's condition and failing to keep proper records of the treatment given to the champion mare prior to the All Aged Stakes.

She pleaded not guilty to both charges and has steadfastly maintained her innocence of any wrongdoing and intends to vigorously fight the two charges levelled against her.

More Joyous had some neck soreness in the lead-up to the race but was passed fit to start by two experienced veterinarians. She then ran second last behind All Too Hard.

Waterhouse pleaded not guilty to both charges and when giving evidence at the inquiry earlier this month, repeatedly said: "I was not trying to hide anything."

The More Joyous case has some similarities to another incident involving a Waterhouse-trained runner, Swift Alliance, before the Stradbroke Handicap three years ago.

Waterhouse was charged by Queensland stewards on that occasion after her stable's failure to report to stewards that Swift Alliance had treatment for a hoof problem.

The trainer was fined $1000 but subsequently had that penalty quashed on appeal.

The More Joyous inquiry has been the most publicised stewards investigation since the Fine Cotton scandal but another case in Tamworth Local Court today could have widespread ramifications for the NSW racing industry.

Two licensed persons including Tamworth trainer Cody Morgan have been charged by NSW police for allegedly administering performance-enhancing drugs to Prussian Secret.

Police will allege that Morgan, 29, and a 47-year-old man were caught "drenching" Prussian Secret before the Gunnedah Cup earlier this month.

Under legislative changes to the Crimes Act introduced in state parliament last year, licensed persons can be charged by the police for various breaches of the Act and if found guilty, face possible imprisonment of up to 10 years.

Police from Strike Force Trentbridge - formed to investigate allegations of race fixing in NSW - charged Morgan with conduct corrupting the betting outcome of an event and using corrupt conduct information to bet on a race.

Morgan's alleged accomplice was charged with conduct corrupting the betting outcome of an event, possessing an unauthorised firearm and possessing an unregistered firearm.

Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys supports the police scrutiny of the sport as an added protection for punters and race fans.

"If a possible jail sentence of drenching a horse isn't a deterrent, I don't know what is," V'landys said.

"The changes to the Crimes Act will be a major boost to one of our primary objectives at Racing NSW that everyone is to be on a level playing field.

"In particular, we want to protect the small punters who as a group provide the majority of wagering on our industry."

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